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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in North Jefferson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Jefferson and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for North Jefferson:
    • 44.213686, -69.437267
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on North Jefferson
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since North Jefferson is near Knox County and also Kennebec County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kennebec County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for North Jefferson

Communities Also Named North Jefferson ...

We found three communities that are also named North Jefferson.

Within Maine, the name North Jefferson is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This North Jefferson is located in Frederick County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the North Jefferson that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of North Jefferson.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This North Jefferson is located in Callaway County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<1> to the west of the North Jefferson that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of North Jefferson.
    • Texas
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of North Jefferson [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Jefferson ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Flanders Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Flanders Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders Corner
  • Globe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Globe is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Halls Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Halls Corner is located in Kennebec County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
  • Jones Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jones Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
  • Kennedy Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Kennedy Corner is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
  • Lucas Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucas Corner is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Corner
  • Razorville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Razorville is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razorville
  • Sandhill Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sandhill Corner is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill Corner
  • Union
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

How Far From North Jefferson to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Jefferson to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Jefferson and extending to:

  • Wiscasset, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Jefferson to Wiscasset, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 537 miles [864.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,365 miles [8,634.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,953 miles [6,361.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Jefferson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that North Jefferson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from North Jefferson to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Jefferson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2137, Longitude: -69.4373       In this case, the coordinates for North Jefferson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.683 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.44 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.823 degrees.